In Case You Need a Soft Space to Land Right Now
This is a space for you to gain clarity, create closure where possible, and get curious about what the next chapter might hold for you. Even in a shaky, scary world.
It feels impossible to focus on much right now. I know so many of us are reeling from the conflict we are seeing on our screens. Unimaginable violence and the very worst of human behavior playing out before our eyes. How can this world hold so much pain and terror? How do we witness the unimaginable and still continue?
When I ask myself that last question, I always come back to the same place: how do we not continue?
As long as I have breath in my body, I am determined to keep going. To keep believing. To keep hoping. Reimagining. Shaping a world that doesn’t exist just yet but one that I dream of anyway. Because that’s what helps me feel useful. That’s what helps me feel hopeful.
As someone who has been given the difficult gift of sensitivity, as someone who has lived with anxiety for many years, danced with depression more than once, and felt the weight of living in a world I often don’t understand, I know a couple of things with certainty - creativity is a true anchor and community is a healing embrace.
When we create, we have a way to connect with what we’re really feeling—whether it’s anger, regret, fear or disappointment. If we channel those feelings into a creative outlet, such as journaling, we are less likely to engage in behaviors that are numbing or harmful. Which means we actually consider our feelings instead of just distracting ourselves from them.
Creativity can also be a compass. It's a way of identifying an inner need, and then permitting ourselves to meet that need. When I journal, when I allow the page to hold what’s true for me, I have a chance to take a breath and gain a greater understanding of what's going on internally. In this way, I’m able to use creativity as a means of translation.
My journey with creativity has given me more than I could ever have anticipated. It may not always change external circumstances, but inwardly there's a shift, every single time. An easier breath. An invitation. A blank canvas and a fresh start. A reminder that I can begin again and again, as many times as necessary. And sometimes, that knowledge alone can change everything.
Community offers us an opportunity. To be seen. To have our truths witnessed. To feel validated and believed and know that, contrary to what we might tell ourselves in the dark hours, we are not alone.
Community is care. While there may be many benefits to spending time in solitude, especially for those of us who identify as introvert, sometimes what we’re really craving is being held in community. In the words of Nakita Valerio: “Shouting "self-care" at people who actually need community care is how we fail people.”
True community isn’t about hierarchy. It’s not about who knows better or best. It’s about holding safe space and uplifting one another in nurturing ways.
I want to offer a soft space to land right now for anyone who needs it. A space to show up as we are, in all of our humanness (or human mess), and find a way forward. A space where we allow ourselves to be immersed in creativity and community, the two things I deeply believe in with every fiber of my being.
If this feels like something your heart is yearning for, then I’m inviting you (yes, you ❤️) to join Jena Schwartz and I this coming Sunday to circle together.
What: An End-of-Year Journaling Circle
When: Sunday, December 10, 12:00-1:30pm EST
Where: Zoom
Cost: $50
This is a space for you to gain clarity, create closure where possible, and get curious about what the next chapter might hold for you. Even in a shaky, scary world. Nobody will be turned away due to lack of funds. If cost is prohibitive then reach out and let me know. We’ll figure it out.